Most were in the deluge of love/encouragement/congratulations/ etc. on behalf of the arrival of my beautiful daughter Tabitha. Deep, hearty thanks again to all who sent one. I knew that the fans of the BEQ.com were some of the nicest people around, and those emails just about confirm it as fact. I have been moved.

I also got one intriguing email from a company called (I kid you not) Jizzenlarge. They claim my "nightly activities are set to get wilder" if I start taking their pills. My nightly activities now include changing diapers every 90 minutes in between unrestful patches of sleep.

And finally, there was some, um, interesting feedback on my latest Times puzzle [PDF] [Across Lite]. A writer by the very Spam-sounding handle "Instrument Mechanics PC #2" posed this question:

Dollar store = rentacars?!?!? What the fuck is wrong with you?

How much time do you have, Instrument Mechanics PC #2? We could be here for a while answering that one.

Most were in the deluge of love/encouragement/congratulations/ etc. on behalf of the arrival of my beautiful daughter Tabitha. Deep, hearty thanks again to all who sent one. I knew that the fans of the BEQ.com were some of the nicest people around, and those emails just about confirm it as fact. I have been moved.

I also got one intriguing email from a company called (I kid you not) Jizzenlarge. They claim my "nightly activities are set to get wilder" if I start taking their pills. My nightly activities now include changing diapers every 90 minutes in between unrestful patches of sleep.

And finally, there was some, um, interesting feedback on my latest Times puzzle [PDF] [Across Lite]. A writer by the very Spam-sounding handle "Instrument Mechanics PC #2" posed this question:

Dollar store = rentacars?!?!? What the fuck is wrong with you?

How much time do you have, Instrument Mechanics PC #2? We could be here for a while answering that one.

Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.
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